more like obama claire. sorry senator mccaskill. no more reckless spending. no new taxes. and no more blank checks. >> akin's campaign had about $2.2 million if i'm not mistaken. rove's super pacs had put in more than $5 million in the campaign. so, they were crucial to its success. and now, what happened immediately after the episode came to light, rove acted swiftly and brutally. and he said, "akin's got a lot of explaining to do." he immediately pulled the plug on all funding. and again, this is the party boss announcing on national tv, "you are finished, we're not giving you another dime." >and he has no public office for himself. he's not elected to any office. >> he's not elected to any ofoffice even within the republican party. he -- >> yet, he's the boss as you said. >> he is. absolutely. he's brutal, he's ruthless, he, it's a scorched earth kind of partisanship. if you're not on his side 100%, he will destroy you. there are republican, other strategists who were with him 95% and they found their careers destroyed. and he will go after you. and he, but he's managed